I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Another great book from one of my favorite authors. Highly recommend to friends and family.

Between Witches and Angels is a book dealing with the supernatural. It is a Gothic book, based in Christianity.
Megan , our heroine, moves to a new country to start life anew.
Her life becomes frightening out of control and she needs outside help to get her life back.

I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I wanted to enjoy this book much more than I did.

I received a copy of this book to review from Netgalley. Thank you for the opportunity.
An interesting idea behind the story and some good writing in this book. There was also some nice descriptions of spells and such.
However the book failed to maintain the readers attention as it became more and more fanciful and lacking a plot as the book went on. Also the formatting was of very low quality making it very difficult to read.
On the whole an OK book.

first of all, I love the cover of the book, and its plot, and I liked the development of it, and it's something I never thought I'd love this, and it is cool and the characters I liked it.

I have extremely mixed feelings about this book. While it started slowly for me, once Megan, the heroine, moves to Cornwall it drew me in. The tone was light, more paranormal romantic suspense than a cozy. Then all of a sudden, it takes a deep turn into religion and the war between good and evil. It lost me at that point.

unfortunately I really have mixed feelings about this book. It starts out so slowly, I also didn't realize that there would be as much religion as there was, and I'm really not into that. I was initially drawn to the book by the title and the cover which I loved. I think this is an okay story, but its just not for me. thank you though for the advance copy.

Thanks to netgalley I was able to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I struggled to read this book and unfortunately didn't finish it. Sadly it just didn't grip me.

Unfortunately this was a DNF for me! I didn't think there was anything inherently wrong with the book but I just couldn't really get into it and didn't find the characters relatable (I know this is fantasy and so there's going to be a limit to relatability anyway!) I wasn't keen on the religious elements and personally it just wasn't my taste. With that said the writing was pretty good and I could see others, maybe those with a broader background reading this style of fantasy enjoying it more than I did!

Read it and see for yourself :) it's not one I'd be warning anyone off, just not my own style!

this was a fun start to a series, the characters were great and I really enjoyed how unique the supernatural element was. I'd be interested in reading more in this series.

I really have mixed feelings about this book. It starts out so slowly that it was almost painful. I also didn't realize that there would be as much religion as there was. I was initially drawn to the book by the title and the cover which I loved. I think this is an okay story but not my cup of tea.

I’m mixed on this book, I kinda liked the story overall but I do t think it was well executed as a whole. It felt too complicated on the explanation of the relationship and was overly slow to start. It also wasn’t made clear it was going to be religion heavy in its fantasy which is off putting for me, I’m not against religion per se as it fills most books in one way or another, but the complete shift in this book was unexpected and far too heavy by the end it being all religion and not any fantasy really. Actually I’ve realised I’m not as mixed as I thought as I’ve written the review, an ok story, nice characters, but just not for me on the whole


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

It was an okay story about witches,good and evil.
A slow start to story a lot of background
Just wasn't for me.
Voluntary reviewed

This was so not my usual genre of book, but it was soooo good I couldn't put it down!

Megan the novice green witch moves away from her best friend Jack whom she loves dearly to Cornwall & finds herself being welcomed into a coven of witches. Then we go on a magical adventure packed full of demons, angels, kidnap & faith, with a good dollop of romance. Thank you for introducing me to something new. Many thanks to the publishers & Netgalley for my ARC in return for my honest review 🧙‍♀️

I picked up this book after a very intriguing review by a reader friend. Her review prepared me on what to expect from this book, which was very helpful or else I might have been utterly disappointed with the way the book turned out.

"Between Witches and Angels" tells us of Megan, a newbie witch, who decided to move to Cornwall to get over her one-sided love for Jack. Cornwall seems to be a place perfectly suited for her as it has everything she's looking for at that stage in life: witch friends, new learning opportunities, a new career, and a fabulous romantic possibility in the form of Daelan Jennings, the local rich stud. But this romantic attraction seems to be taking over Megan at a much faster pace than she had imagined, and leads to a physical as well as spiritual battle that involves witches, demons, angels and pious old ladies.

Overall, the book is a thrilling one. TN Traynor creates such a fabulous atmosphere of suspense and anticipation that you keep flipping through the pages quickly. However, I must say that the overdose of the Christian elements after the 70% mark were a misfit. (Let me clarify that I'm a practising Christian myself.) I don't mind a book being full of faith, but to start a book assuming that it has one type of story and realising after the halfway mark that the author has very different plans in mind can sully the experience.

I wish either the Goodreads page or the NetGalley summary mentioned that the book goes intensively into faith-related aspects in its second half. Those fantasy readers who aren't believers will end up giving a poor rating to the book because of this factor. It is better if the reader knows what the book entails.

Another minor crib is with the cover. It is quite unimaginative and were it not for my friend's review, I would never have picked this book up on the basis of this cover. I hope the published edition works on a more appealing image for the cover.

I'm still quite satisfied with the book as it did give me a decently good thrill. The angels were especially superb. I will probably read the second book in the series too. It would be great to know if Megan harnesses her skills for the betterment of humankind, instead of simply giving them up as in the climax of this book. I would also want Jack's character to have a greater and deeper role rather than just being the Knight in shining armour when the heroine needs help. Most of all, I would want to witches' coven with Rosalie and her gang to return in the sequel. That's a story arc that this book cut off rather abruptly.

Overall, it's a good book if you know that it isn't just fantasy but a religious fantasy.

My rating: 3.75


Thank you to NetGalley and BookGoSocial for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I had such great hopes for this after the title and blurb caught my eye, "witches and angels".

But gave up a few chapters in - where was the magic other than a small dusting at the start?

Yes, I get that we need a background story to Megan and Jack's relationship but for me this went on too long.

Guessing that this book was not my cup of tea after all (Megan prefers to make it using tea leaves).

Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the eARC.

I think I was thrown off right from the start by the characters' behavior and dialogue not matching up with their stated ages of 26 & 28. It bothered me throughout the book and I think I would have enjoyed the story more without that discrepancy. Other than the issue of the main characters reading more late teen/YA I did enjoy some of the writing quite a bit.

I liked this book, I liked the notion of the green witches. I found the book to be well written. My only issue was the idea of good vs evil, and the witches who wanted to do good and help people were demonized

3.8 stars

Between Witches & Angels is the story of Megan and Jack with witches, demons, angels, and faith added into the mix. Megan and Jack are childhood besties with Megan loving Jack since forever, and this guy drinking himself to oblivion over the betrayal of his ex-wife.

Megan has magic in her blood and an immense interest in using her powers and herbs for healing. Her desperate move to Cornwall brings her new witch friends and a suitor with a magnetic personality. What happens when she agrees to marry the new guy, and Jack realizes he loves her? What happens when she disappears before the wedding and Jack feels she's in trouble? Can he find her? Will they have a HEA? What's the connection between Megan and demons?

The narration is descriptive and fast-paced. The story had me hooked from the prologue and sustained my interest throughout. It progresses over a few months, which are mentioned in each chapter. The settings are vivid, and I love how the author makes the atmosphere a tangible part of the story.

The story is written in both present tense and past tense, separated based on the timeline to avoid confusion. The story is in a limited third person from Megan's POV until her disappearance. It then moves to Jack's side of the narrative with an omnipresent third-person view whenever needed. The POV changes were smooth and flowing. Even with lots of internal dialogue, I had no trouble following who was thinking what.

*spoilers*

One thing that surprised me was the shift from routine fantasy to Christian fantasy. I knew there would be some of it, but towards the end, the emphasis was entirely on the Lord and becoming a good Christian. It was still a gripping read, what with angels and demons actively fighting each other.
What I would have liked was giving more importance to the witches (because I like them). There are good witches (the story has enough of them), and it made me sad to see Megan give up her magic towards the end. If magic is in her blood, she should use it for the good, as she wanted to.

*end of spoilers*


Despite there being another book lined up in the series, this one has a satisfactory ending. I love how you can read it as a standalone.

The characters are well developed though Megan has better characterization than Jack. She has more depth and layers, and Jack needs to catch up. His sudden giving up of alcohol seemed a bit unrealistic. He is, almost throughout the book, a weaker character than Megan and even his granny, who plays a vital role in the climax.
The other witches (Megan's friends in Cornwall) had good character definitions, and I hope there will be more of them in the next book.

Overall, it's an engaging read that'll keep you turning the pages to see who is who and if your guesses are right. If you like a few spells, some strong faith, the theme of good vs. evil, a clean romance with a pacy thriller, you'll enjoy this one.
Thank you, NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC copy.

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